Note: YALSA awarded the [http://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature in 2007] to a graphic novel, [http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/previouswinners/printz07.cfm American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang]. Graphic novels, manga and other visual literature in libraries were discussed in depth at [http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/yalitsymposium/preconference/preconference.cfm Picturing the Story: Teen Readers Get Graphic @ your library], the preconference to YALSA's inaugural [http://www.ala.org/yalitsymposium Young Adult Literature Symposium].

Note: YALSA awarded the [http://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature in 2007] to a graphic novel, [http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/previouswinners/printz07.cfm American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang]. Graphic novels, manga and other visual literature in libraries were discussed in depth at [http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/yalitsymposium/preconference/preconference.cfm Picturing the Story: Teen Readers Get Graphic @ your library], the preconference to YALSA's inaugural [http://www.ala.org/yalitsymposium Young Adult Literature Symposium].

[http://www.ncac.org/graphicnovels.cfm Graphic Novels: Suggestions for Librarians (2006)] Prepared by the National Coalition Against Censorship, the American Library Association, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

[http://www.ncac.org/graphicnovels.cfm Graphic Novels: Suggestions for Librarians (2006)] Prepared by the National Coalition Against Censorship, the American Library Association, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Library and educational organizations and groups

Kids Love Comics! - Kids Love Comics is a non-profit organization made up of comic creators, publishers, fans, educators and journalists, as well as those involved in the marketing, promotion, distribution, and retail end of the comic book medium.

Cataloging Graphic Novels

Challenges assistance and controversy

With the increase in adding graphic novels to library collections has come challenges to their inclusion in a library's collection. ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has heard reports of over a dozen challenges to graphic novels in the past few years. Although the process for responding to a challenge to graphic novels should be no different from the response for any printed media, the visual materials adds complexity.